# Fireweed Airport (0AK8)

**Fireweed Airport** (FAA: 0AK8) is a small airport in McCarthy, Alaska, United States. It opened in May 2015. It has one runway, 2,000 ft (610 m) long, gravel.

Web page: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0688

## At a glance

- FAA: 0AK8
- Type: Small airport
- Serves: McCarthy, Alaska, United States
- Opened: May 2015
- Elevation: 1,320 ft / 402 m
- Coordinates: 61.4269, -142.9782
- Runways: 1
- Longest runway: 2,000 ft / 610 m
- Time zone: UTC-9/-8 · America/Anchorage
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q61671046
- Weather station: PAMX
- Ident: US-0688

## Timeline

- May 2015: Fireweed Airport opens.

## Runways

| Ident | Length | Width | Surface | True headings | Lighted |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 02/20 | 2,000 ft / 610 m | 60 ft / 18 m | Gravel |  |  |

## Rankings

Ranked among 48,075 open airports; = marks a shared place.

| Measure | Value | World | Region | Country |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Longest runway | 2,000 ft / 610 m | =24,247 of 29,858 | =11,669 in North America | =10,238 in US |
| Elevation | 1,320 ft / 402 m | =13,611 of 43,403 | =5,870 in North America | =4,530 in US |
| Age | Opened 2015 | =13,201 of 15,079 | =10,519 in North America | =10,382 in US |
| Runways | 1 | =4,364 of 29,978 | =2,583 in North America | =2,326 in US |

## Nearby airports

- [AK31](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak31.md) Swift Creek Airport · 1.3 mi / 2.1 km
- [MXY](https://dromopedia.com/airports/pamx.md) Mc Carthy Airport · 2.6 mi / 4.1 km
- [0AK5](https://dromopedia.com/airports/0ak5.md) Young Creek Airport · 9.5 mi / 15 km
- [MYK](https://dromopedia.com/airports/myk.md) May Creek Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [4AK3](https://dromopedia.com/airports/4ak3.md) Long Lake Airport · 12 mi / 19 km
- [AK0](https://dromopedia.com/airports/ak0.md) Jakes Bar Airport · 15 mi / 24 km

## Sources

- [FAA NASR](https://www.faa.gov/air_traffic/flight_info/aeronav/aero_data/NASR_Subscription/): US airport data: FAA National Airspace System Resources (Public Domain (US Government))
- [NOAA Aviation Weather Center](https://aviationweather.gov/data/api/): Weather data: NOAA Aviation Weather Center (Public Domain (US Government))
- [OurAirports](https://ourairports.com/data/): Airport data from OurAirports (Public Domain)
- [Wikidata](https://www.wikidata.org): Structured data from Wikidata (CC0 1.0)
- [timezone-boundary-builder](https://github.com/evansiroky/timezone-boundary-builder): Time zone boundaries © OpenStreetMap contributors, timezone-boundary-builder (ODbL 1.0)
- Every figure with its source: https://dromopedia.com/airports/us-0688/data